It\u2019s a \u201cdoes what it says on the tin\u201d show – so let\u2019s take a look at the main event from ACTION\u2019s 5th anniversary spectacular.<\/p>\n
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ACTION returned to their home of the Roger Spencer Community Center in Tyrone, GA this past weekend to celebrate their fifth anniversary – with a mystery show. So you know the drill, until the music hits, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess who\u2019s coming through the curtain.<\/p>\n
ACTION World Championship: Daniel Makabe vs. Adam Priest (c)<\/strong> This was for the ACTION World title – a belt that gained the world moniker by way of Priest\u2019s defence in wXw last month. That feels like a million years ago. Anyway, we get going with Priest stuffing a takedown, before a knuckle lock ended with Makabe getting taken to the mat as Priest walked away.<\/p>\n Priest hits the ropes out of a side headlock, charging down Makabe ahead of a leg grapevine that turned into a half crab\u2026 Makabe powers out and switches into a side headlock on the mat, only for Priest to power up\u2026 but this time Makabe charges Priest down to the mat. The tit-for-tat on the mat continues as Priest knee drops the arm, before the pair ended up breaking in the ropes. Another break in the ropes has Makabe break off before\u2026 HE KICKS PRIEST\u2019S LEG OUT OF HIS LEG. That\u2019s followed up with a running dropkick, but Priest sneaks in a pinning attempt as Makabe was stretching him on the mat. We\u2019re back to the side headlock, but Priest cinches it in as Makabe tried to push free\u2026 Makabe blocks a static chop block to the knee and instead forced Priest to the ropes with a submission attempt.<\/p>\n Makabe goes back to the leg, but Priest slips free as standing switches end with a Dragon screw that sent Priest rolling onto the apron. Makabe\u2019s starting to get a little surly here, since Tyrone\u2019s getting behind Priest\u2026 right as Priest chopped his way out of the corner ahead of a brainbuster on Makabe. He can\u2019t make a cover, and Makabe pounces with a STF\u2026 which Priest bit his way free of. Priest\u2019s leg gives as he\u2019s whipped corner to corner, but he\u2019s able to hit almost a desperation enziguiri before he lifted Makabe up and over the top rope to the floor. If it works, it works\u2026 because it allowed Priest to take some risks with a body press off the top to the floor. Except that took as much out of Priest as it did Makabe, so the pair end up trading blows as they fought towards the bleachers.<\/p>\n A headbutt from Priest earns him a poke to the eye as Makabe went to take a seat\u2026 and slid it into Priest. Back inside, Makabe hangs himself into a Tree of Woe after missing a dropkick, which allowed Priest to follow with a hesitation dropkick into the corner\u2026 then a German suplex out of it. Makabe goes back to the bad wheel with a knee bar attempt, switching it into what I can only describe as a pretzel of legs, almost like a side-by-side take on a Figure Four. Palm strikes from Priest get him free, but Makabe grabs the rope to avoid a DDT, before he missed a King Kong Knee Drop. Uncle Togi would be mad.<\/p>\n Priest ducks a Big Unit punch, then hung a leg in the ropes and targeted Makabe\u2019s left knee with a dropkick\u2026 but a Figure Four\u2019s cradled out of as Makabe came right back with the Big Unit. This time it\u2019s Makabe who can\u2019t capitalise, and after Priest chops the leg, he\u2019s in with a Figure Four of his own\u2026 and with Makabe in the middle of the ring, submission was the only option as Priest marked a second successful defence.<\/p>\n Result: Adam Priest submitted Daniel Makabe in 12:53 to retain the ACTION World Championship (***\u00be)<\/span><\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t a \u201cPriest made light work of Makabe\u201d match with that run time – Makabe had scouted Priest\u2019s usual offence, but as the match wore on Priest was able to sneak those in, and ended outlasting another former SCI winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a \u201cdoes what it says on the tin\u201d show – so let\u2019s take a look at the main event from ACTION\u2019s 5th anniversary spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Match Review: Daniel Makabe vs. Adam Priest (ACTION Wrestling - 5 Year Anniversary Mystery Show, April 28, 2023)","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[692,6,689],"tags":[6668,5915,5532,5659,4174,4045],"class_list":["post-26881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-random-reviews","category-reviews","category-us-indies","tag-5-year-anniversary-mystery-show","tag-action","tag-action-wrestling","tag-adam-priest","tag-daniel-makabe","tag-match-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73vbt-6Zz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/action-wrestling-logo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26883,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26881\/revisions\/26883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI spy a POST t-shirt turned into a jacket\u2026 this was Makabe\u2019s second crack at the ACTION title, having come close against then-champion Arik Royal back in December 2021. Adam Priest was up for a spot of butt-punching before the bell. Either that or he just doesn\u2019t like the Whitecaps\u2026<\/p>\n